Ken Stimpson Academy

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History

Ken Stimpson Academy was founded as Ken Stimpson Community School in 1982, it was a tribute to Kenneth. W. Stimpson who was the Senior Area Education Officer between 1974 and 1979.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The school closed as a Community School in August 2023 and reopened as Ken Stimpson Academy as part of the Four Cs multi-academy trust in September 2023.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Expansion

In September 2018, the local council approved plans for the school to build a new two-storey teaching block and to expand some of the existing structures to accommodate a planned rise in capacity from 1014 pupils to 1650 pupils.[2]

Community

Ken Stimpson Academy shares its site with a sports centre (which has a gym and a sports hall) and is home to the Werrington Library.[3]

Subjects

The subjects that are taught at Ken Stimpson are:

  • Art
  • Business & Enterprise
  • Careers
  • Computing
  • Design And Technology
  • English
  • Humanities
  • Modern Foreign Languages
  • Mathematics
  • Physical Education
  • Performing Arts
  • Science

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E-Safety Mark

In June 2015, Ken Stimpson received the 360 Degree Safe E-Safety mark by the South West Grid for Learning and was the first school in Peterborough to get this certification.[5] According to the Accreditation 360 Degree Safe website, this demonstrates that the school shows good practice in their e-safety policies and procedures.[6]

Ofsted Inspection

The school's (under its previous name) latest Ofsted inspection result was Requires Improvement.[7]

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